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Arctic Monkeys Hog NME Nominations

Arctic Monkeys look like they'll be hogging the stage at next months NME awards with a record 7 nominations in the Best Band, Best Live, Best Album, Best Track (Fluorescent Adolescent), Best Video (Teddy Picker) and Best Album Artwork categories.

Frontman Alex Turner also has a nomination all to himself in the Best Dressed Male category. The band have now gained an impressive 15 NME nominations over the last few years – making them the most voted for band of the decade. As normal, NME readers will decide this year's winners.

The usual mix of 'should be there's and 'you can't be serious's include The Cribs: Best British Band, Best Live Band, Best Track (Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever) and Hero of The Year for Ryan Jarman. Mercury Music Prize winners Klaxons are in the running for another clutch of honours: Best British Band, Best Album, Best Video (Golden Skans) and Best Dancefloor Filler (Atlantis To Interzone).

30 Seconds To Mars, Fall Out Boy, The Hoosiers, My Chemical Romance and Panic At The Disco will battle it out for Worst Band, whilst Amy Winehouse and George Bush go head to head for villain of the year. A strange pairing you might think, but for handling self esteem and control issues it's a close run thing.

The 2008 NME Awards take place at London's IndigO2, within the 02 Arena, on 28 February.

Best British Band
Arctic Monkeys
Babyshambles
The Cribs
Klaxons
Muse

Best International Band
Arcade Fire
Foo Fighters
The Killers
Kings of Leon
My Chemical Romance

Best New Band
The Enemy
Foals
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
The Pigeon Detectives
The Wombats

Best Live Band
Arctic Monkeys
The Cribs
Kaiser Chiefs
Muse
My Chemical Romance

Best Solo Artist
Kate Nash
Jack Penate
Jamie T
Amy Winehouse
Patrick Wolf

Best Album
Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
Shotters Nation - Babyshambles
We'll Live And Die In These Towns - The Enemy
Myths Of The Near Future - Klaxons
In Rainbows - Radiohead

Best Track
Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys
Flux - Bloc Party
Men's Needs - The Cribs
Lord Don't Slow Me Down - Oasis
Let's Dance To Joy Division - The Wombats

Best Video
Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys
Flux - Bloc Party
D.A.N.C.E. - Justice
Golden Skans - Klaxons
Teenagers - My Chemical Romance

Best Dancefloor Filler
Flux - Bloc Party
Hummer - Foals
D.A.N.C.E. - Justice
Atlantis To Interzone - Klaxons
Let's Dance To Joy Division - The Wombats

Best Music DVD
Up The Shambles - Babyshambles
The Song Remains The Same (Special Edition) - Led Zeppelin
Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
Lord Don't Slow Me Down - Oasis
I Told You I Was Trouble - Amy Winehouse

Best Live Event
Glastonbury
Muse at Wembley Stadium
Reading and Leeds Festival
T In The Park
V Festival

Hero Of The Year
Matt Bellamy
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Ryan Jarman
Thom Yorke

Villain Of The Year
Tony Blair
Johnny Borrell
Gordon Brown
George W Bush
Amy Winehouse

Best Dressed
Pete Doherty
Noel Fielding
Kate Nash
Alex Turner
Gerard Way

Worst Dressed
Johnny Borrell
Pete Doherty
Mika
Gerard Way
Amy Winehouse

Best Album Artwork
Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
The Good The Bad And The Queen - The Good The Bad And The Queen
Sawdust - The Killers
Because Of The Time - Kings Of Leon
Send Away The Tigers - Manic Street Preachers

Worst Album
1973 - James Blunt
The Trick To Life - The Hoosiers
Spirit - Leona Lewis
Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika
Blackout - Britney Spears

Worst Band
30 Seconds To Mars
Fall Out Boy
The Hoosiers
My Chemical Romance
Panic At The Disco

Best TV Show
Heroes
The IT Crowd
The Mighty Boosh
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Skins

Best Film
Control
Hot Fuzz
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
The Simpsons Movie
Superbad

Sexiest Man
Howlin' Pelle Almqvist
Julian Barratt
Noel Fielding
Nicky Wire
Patrick Wolf

SexiestWoman
Jenny Lewis
Kylie Minogue
Rihanna
Hayley Williams
Rachael Yamagata

Best Venue
Brixton Carling Academy
Glasgow Barrowlands
London Astoria
Manchester Apollo
Wembley Stadium

Best Website
Bebo
Facebook
Last.fm
MySpace
YouTube

Best Band Blog
Lily Allen
Foals
Lightspeed Champion
Radiohead
The Streets

Best Music Blog
The Hype Machine (hypem.com)
The Modern Age (www.themodernage.org)
Nothing But Green Lights (nothingbutgreenlights.net)
Spinner (spinner.com)
Stereogum (stereogum.com)